Quilting device.



J. R-. RUSSELL. QUILTING DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED min-2, 1909.

1960,709. Patented mu -910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrrcn.

JOHN R. RUSSELL, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

QUILTING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. RUssnLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sterling, in the county of lVhiteside and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting Devices,of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to quilting devices, of that class which aresupported so as to be manipulated with reference to the table of asewing machine, while in operation, and produce designs of a desiredpattern on the quilt. In devices of this class it is necessary to havethe frame supported in such a way as to permit it to respond at once tothe touch of the operator, and move quickly in any desired direction.This is one of the ends which is attained in my invention by the use ofnovel mechanism, and other advantages thereof willv more fully appear inthe following specification, reference being had to the drawingsaccompanying the same, in which Figure l is a view of my device, inperspective. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail, showing the supporting truckin side elevation. Fig. 3 is a section transversely of the frame. Fig.4. is a detail, showing one of the end pieces of the frame, and mannerof securing Fig. 5 is an end view of the frame and hanger.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.

l1 are the lower portions of supports, depending from the ceiling of aroom, and held from being drawn toward each other by means of stays 22.To the lower end of one of the supports is attached a wire or cable 3,which passes around a pulley 4, secured to the other support 1 by meansof a threaded shank 5 passing through such support, and provided on itsouter end with a nut 6. At the end opposite to'the pulley 4: the wiresare held apart in parallel position by means of a spreader 7.

On the wires 3 is supported a truck, comprised of a cross-bar 8 and twopair of grooved wheels 9 attached thereto, and adapted to operate uponthe wires 3. Fixed to the cross-bar 8 is a hanger 10, engaged by a block11 and pulley 12. At each side of the block 11 the hanger 10 is providedwith a coiled spring 13. Secured in the lower part of the block 11 isacord or wire 14:,provided at its ends with straps 15, attachedSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 2, 1909.

Patented June 7, 1910. Serial No. 470,355.

near the ends of a bar 16. To the ends of the bar 16 are attachedhangers 17, to the lower ends of which are pivotally secured theend-pieces 18 and 19 of the frame. The 1 lower end of each of thehangers is turned inwardly at right angles, and provided with a plate20, the inner end of the projection being threaded and provided with anut 21, between which and the end-piece of the frame is interposed aperforated plate 22. By this means the end pieces can be clamped betweenthe plates 20 and 22 sufficiently to permit such end-pieces being heldin adjusted positions with refernce to the hangers 17.

In the end-pieces 18 and 19 are rotatably mounted a pair of side rollers23 and 2a, and an auxiliary roller 25. The end-piece 18 is provided inits upper edge with a recess 26, engaged by a pin 27 in the end of theroller 25, bywhich means such roller can be released from the frame. Allof the rollers can be held from rotation, when desired, by means ofhooks 28 on the inner face of the end-piece l9, engaging one of a seriesof per-; fOI'atlODS 1n the ends of such rollers.

This means is recognized as old, however, and nothing is herein claimedbroadly thereon. The end-piece 18 is provided with arecess 29, whichpermits the passage of the frame beneath the needle-bar of a sewingmachine, without detaching the parts of the frame.

In operation one layer of cloth extends from the lower side of theroller 25 to the lower side of the roller 23, and another layer from thelower side of the roller 24 to the lower side of the roller 23, asindicated in Fig. 3. The work of the machine is then done between therollers 23 and 25, the frame being moved in a direction to correspondwith the figures which it is desired to produce on the quilt with thestitches of the machine. If it is desired to place any material, such ascotton, between the layers of cloth, this can be accomplished byreleasing and raising the roller 25, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that the frame will be permitted a free movementlongitudinally by reason of the movement of the pulleys 9 upon thecables 3, and a limited side movement in either direction is permittedby the springs 13, the movement of the frame to one side or the otherbeing followed by the block 11 on the hanger 10. At the same time thesprings 13 prevent any sudden or abrupt movement or stoppage of theblock.

When the space between the rollers 23 and 25 has been quilted the clothis rolled upon the roller 28 until another width of the uilt is readyfor the stitching operation. en the cloth is first placed in the framethe Weight thereof is upon the rollers 24 and 25, as shown in Fig. 5,resulting in a tipping of the frame downwardly at that side, as shown inbroken lines. At the same time the hangers 17 are thrown out of verticalposition and toward the weighted rollers. To overcome this difliculty,and cause the frame to operate upon the table of the machine in ahorizontal position, the weighted side is drawn upwardly by theoperator, without changing the position of the hang ers, until itregains its horizontal position, in which position it is held by theclamping means hereinbefore described. As the weight of the material isgradually transferred to the roller at the other side of the frame theend-pieces are correspondingly adjusted, so as to keep the frame in ahorizontal position at all times.

By means of the threaded shank 5 and nut 6 the wires 3 can be tightened,and the straps 15 can be adjusted to vary the height of the frame.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exactconstruction of the device which is herein shown and described, aschanges can be made therein without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

WVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is:

1. In a device of the class named, a pair of suitably supported cables:a truck, longitudinally movable thereon; a hanger, secured to saidtruck; a block, provided with a pulley, operating upon said hangertransversely of the line of movement of said truck; a pair of springs,supported on said hanger on opposite sides of the block; abar,swingingly supported from said block, and provided at its ends withsupporting hangers; and a quilting frame, pivotally supported by saidhangers.

2. In a device of the class named, the combination with the wires 3 andcross-bar 8 supported thereon so as to be longitudinally movablethereof; a hanger 10, supported from said cross-bar, and provided withsprings 13; a block 11, engaging the hanger 10, and provided with apulley 12 operating upon said hanger; a wire 14, attached to the block11, and provided at its ends with straps 15; a bar 16, supported by thewire 14:, and provided at its ends with hangers 17 and a quilting frame,pivotally supported by the hangers 17.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN R. RUSSELL.

lVitnesses lVAL'rnR N. HAsKnLL, A. K. IIABERER.

